Cabo Verde

Código Penal de Cabo Verde

Cape Verde Legislative Decree 4/2003 of 18 November 2003 - PENAL CODE

VOLUME I - GENERAL PROVISIONS

TITLE I - GUARANTEES AND APPLICATION OF PENAL LAW

Article 2
(Application of the most favourable regime)

1. If the penal provisions in force at the time of the commission of a deed differ from the penal provisions established in subsequent laws, the regime that is more favourable to the perpetrator shall be the regime applied.

2. A deed committed during the effective period of a temporary law shall be judged in accordance with that law, barring a legal provision to the contrary.

Keywords

Non-retroactivity



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